Government and International Relations: Recent submissions
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Ties and Tiers: Decentralisation and Ethno-Communal Mobilisation in Post-Suharto Indonesia
Published 2011-01-01Decentralisation of governance responsibilities to sub-national authorities has been one of the most significant trends in state-reform since the 1980s. Debate continues, however, regarding the consequences of the expansion ...Open AccessThesis -
Bush Level Bureaucrats - National Parks Rangers’ Use of Discretion in Implementing Wild Dog Policy
Published 2011-01-01Wild Dog policy in New South Wales is controversial. There is a clear conflict between wild dog control methods as specified by the policy, and the need to conserve the rapidly diminishing numbers of dingoes in Australian ...Open AccessThesis -
Citizenship Status and Pressure Group Action
Published 2011-01-01This thesis investigates the intersection between citizenship status and pressure group action. It asks a two-pronged question. First, does variation in citizenship status (to be citizen or noncitizen) produce variation ...Open AccessThesis -
Seas of Change - The Effects of China's Naval Modernisation on Southeast Asia.
Published 2011-01-01China‘s naval modernisation and assertiveness in the South China Seas (SCS) is causing major concerns for Southeast Asia. While substantial scholarship documents how Southeast Asian states have employed a ‗hedging‘ strategy, ...Open AccessThesis -
Political Parties and Australia’s Migration Program, 1972-2010: A Partisan Difference?
Published 2011-01-01This thesis examines the historical relationship between political parties and Australia’s permanent migration program. Whilst the existing empirical literature has often compared the decisions of specific, consecutive ...Open AccessThesis